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Nidal is Kuwait Research Officer for the Kuwait Programme. Nidal's research focuses on education policies in Kuwait and the wider Gulf Region. 

Arda is Research Officer working on the project 'Surface Water Changes in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin since 1984 and their Governance Implications for Iraq'.

Kamaran is Research Officer for PeaceRep–Iraq. He is the PI for the project, conducting research on the drivers of conflict and state fragmentation in Iraq.

Greg is Principal Investigator and UKRI FCDO Senior Research Fellow on the project, ‘The Political Economy of Water in the MENA Region: A Cross-Regional Assessment’. 

Polly is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre, where she leads the project 'Neoliberal Visions: Gendering Consumer Culture and its Resistances in the Levant'.

Hanaa's research explores the influence of social dynamics on work and education amongst youth in the GCC.

Shamel's research focuses on global production and trade regimes with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa.

Richard's research focuses on contemporary international approaches to peacemaking and why peace processes fail or succeed, with a focus on Yemen, Sudan, and South Sudan.

Marouf's research focuses on the social and cultural histories of Kurdistan and Iran, as well as political and social movements since WWII, and modern history-writing.

Jessica’s research focuses on the work of charities, youth and local activists in different political systems and their potential to contribute to reform, with a focus on Algeria.

Mostafa's research interests include exploring ethnicity and minority nationalism from an anthropological angle, especially in politically unstable regions.

Aitemad's research focuses on gender, agency, and radicalisation. She served on multiple projects across Arab countries and the Middle East  including at LSE, UNDP and CARA.

Sana's research focuses on built, destroyed, and imagined geographies of war, violence and displacement in the Middle East, with a focus on Iraq.

Reza's research focuses on social inequalities, solidarity, political economy, and social policy developments in Iran.

Dena is a scholar of urban politics and the built environment and has conducted research in Palestine, Qatar, and Tunisia.

Irene's research examines economic development issues, with interests on social protection, social policy, labour market analysis, and gender issues.

Ahmed's research focuses on Iraq’s economy, with a specific focus on the economic aspects of the relationship between the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Omar is Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communications. He researches the geopolitics of global communications, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.

Roham is Associate Professor of International History at LSE. His current research focuses on global human rights activism and the origins of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Nigel is Professor of International History at LSE. His main research interests lie in the fields of contemporary Anglo-American relations and the international history of the Middle East.

Lydia is Assistant Professor of International Development at LSE. Her research lies at the intersection of political economy, development economics and economic history, with a particular focus on the Middle East.

Deema is currently LSE Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science where she teaches on the BSc Psychological and Behavioural Science programme.

Martin is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE. His research focus is the relationship between science and common sense (‘sensus communis’).

Federica is Associate Professor of International Relations of Europe at LSE. Her research interest lies in EU foreign policy and external relations – especially as they relate to the Middle East and to the Mediterranean.

Ryan is Assistant Professor of Urban Geography at LSE. His research revolves around a core interest in urban transformation at the nexus of social, spatial, and economic change.

John is Professor of Middle East History and Politics at the Department of Government. He works on history and politics ‘from below’ in the modern Middle East and North Africa.

Ernestina is Professor of Health and International Development at the Department of International Development. She researches the inter-relationships between social context and health-related behaviours.

Joan is Associate Professor (Reader) in Health Economics at the Department of Health Policy at LSE. He is PI on an MEC project exploring health inequality in the MENA region.

Nuno is a Senior Associate at LSE Cities and an interdisciplinary academic working in the field of urban governance. 

Muna is an LSE Fellow in Environment in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Her work aims to understand environmental and water governance through decolonial and critical lenses.

Hassan is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Relations at LSE. He is co-founder of Global Nation, a think/do-tank that reimagines international cooperation.

Yazan is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology. He researches the question of social justice in contemporary postcolonial contexts, particularly in Jordan. 

Shereen is a Fellow at LSE100. Her research looks at global Islamophobia, particularly technologies of pre-emptive securitisation and surveillance, with a focus on racialised Muslims.

George is Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology and Research Methodology at the Department of Methodology at LSE.

Mazen is Research Associate at the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit in the Department of International Development. He researches the role of governance during and post conflict, with a focus on Syria.

Pooya is an LSE Fellow in Human Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment. His research focuses on nomadism, identity and Iran.

Jeremy is a Professor in Behavioural Science. He researches what feeds into cooperation between groups, and what causes people to kill and die for a cause such as the nation or God.

Alexandra is Research Fellow at LSE Cities and is PI on a ACAUP project and Co-PI on a Kuwait Programme project. Her projects focus on sustainable development, mobility and public space.

Yaprak is Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE. Her main areas of interest are Turkey’s relations with the West and the UK, and Turkish politics in comparison with Europe.

Ellen is Professor of Digital Inequalities at the Department of Media and Communications. She is a Co-PI on the Kuwait Programme project 'Evaluating Digital Skills and Tangible Outcomes in Kuwait'.

Steffen is Professor in Comparative Politics in the Department of Government. His interest lies in Gulf and Middle East political economy, with a focus on the public sectors, state-business relations and labour markets.

Jennifer is Associate Professor in Nationalism at the European Institute and the Department of International Relations at LSE. She is PI on an MEC collaboration project with UAEU.

Naila is Professor of Gender and Development at LSE. Her research interests include gender, poverty, and social exclusion, her research is mostly focused on South and South East Asia.

Emrah is an LSE fellow in Gender and Human rights and his research lies at the intersection of cultural anthropology, critical security studies, and gender and sexuality studies, with a focus on the Middle East.

Mohsen is Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of Geography and Environment. His research investigates critical issues in environmental and energy economics to inform policy decisions in oil-exporting nations.

Tiziana is Associate Professor in Health and International Development at LSE. She is PI on an MEC collaboration project looking at health in wars and conflicts. 

Sara is a Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Her research focuses on supporting decision-making and governance of climate change adaptation and resilience. 

Anahita is Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department of International Relations, LSE. Her research focuses on international politics and development in the Middle East, specifically in Iran.

Susana is Professor of Environmental Economics, Academic Director of LSE Summer School, and Associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Dena is Fellow in City Design and Social Science at the Department of Sociology at LSE. Her research focuses on the materialization of revolution in cities.

Mohamed is Associate Professor of Economic History at LSE. His research is focused on the Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa.

Sara is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology. Her work explores the connections between postcolonial theory and Marxism, with special attention to the context of Egypt.

Hakan is Assistant Professor of Gender, Peace and Security at the Department of Gender Studies. His work focuses on the MENA with a commitment to social justice, democracy and critical engagement with power.

Romola is Associate Professor in Urban Geography at LSE. Her research focuses on the relationship between forced migration and urbanisation with a focus on India and Lebanon.

Hakan is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Policy at LSE. His work focuses on both the epistemology and politics of international social policy.

Jennifer is Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at LSE. Her research investigates the psychological impact of experiencing low socioeconomic status at times of rising inequality.

Hyun is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at LSE. He is PI on a Kuwait Programme project looking at the rise of smart urbanism in Kuwait.

Ganga is Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. She is interested in how, when and why people take action - or fail - to address complex global environmental social dilemmas.

Gagan is Assistant Professor at the Department of International History at LSE. His main research interests lie in the Middle East and South Asia between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Swenja is a Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and PI on a Kuwait Programme project on flood resilience in Kuwait.

Buğra is Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS. His research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, emerging powers, and international conflict and cooperation. 

Miriam is Assistant Professorial Lecturer at the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE. Her research looks at public perceptions and the psychological impact of Covid-19 in Libya.

Mai is an Assistant Professor in Human Rights at the Department of Sociology. Her research examines the complexities of historical understandings of race, gender and class within law, culture, and society.

Jim is Professor in Practice in the Department of International Relations and leads the LSE Religion and Global Society research unit. He is active in interfaith dialogues across the Middle East.

Frederick is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology. He is interested in the political and economic anthropology and history of the Middle East, especially Jordan.